Consumer Behavior

One in Twenty (5%) Share Their Home with Parents/In-laws, While 12% Expect to in the Future

If Parents Move In, Family and Friends (37%) and Being Close to Medical Services (32%) Most Important External Factors in Homes, While No Stairs (51%) Viewed as Most Important Internal Feature of Homes

Half (47%) Say Likely to Sell Home When They Get Older, While 14% Say they are Likely to Move In with Their Children

Number of Canadians Very Likely (13%) to Purchase a Home Within Two Years Consistent with 2001 (13%) and 2002 (12%) Findings

86% Believe Purchasing House/Condominium a Good Investment

Four in Ten (38%) Potential Home Purchasers Expect to Buy a New Home, while 60% Say Likely to Purchase a Resale

The Where's, What's and How's of Business News: What's Most Thorough, Reliable and Trustworthy . . .

And After Taking the Pulse Seven Months Ago, Where are Canadians and Investors At, In a Post-Enron/WorldCom World?

The 12th Annual RBC RRSP Poll Also Found That 56 Per Cent Of 18 To 34 Year Olds Do Not Have A Registered Retirement Savings Plan

And How they Plan on Achieving Them

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The 12th Annual RBC RRSP Poll Also Found That 59% Of Those Aged 45 And Up, Who Are Not Yet Retired, Are Feeling Behind In Meeting Their Retirement Goals
And 56% Have Not Determined The Amount They Will Need To Save To Ensure They Have A Comfortable Retirement

But Only 40% Say It's Time To Expand Into New Markets Rather Than Solidify Current Market
Top Priorities For CEOs: Ensuring Long-Term Company Financial Health; Increasing Productivity And Performance Improvement; Attracting And Retaining High Calibre Employees

But CEOs Confident (81%) That There Will Not Be A Major Economic Downturn In The Next Two Years